September 30, 1973, Johnny Unitas backpedals and fires a strike to Mike Garrett. When Garrett scores, Unitas goes over 40,000 yards. He becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to do so. What’s the big deal, not a Colt, he was a Charger when this happened…and obviously, so was Mike Garrett.
During the late 50’s and most of the 60’s, football fans would call Baltimore Colts QB Johnny Unitas the best at his position in the game. He had one year with the Chargers, 1973. During that year, a young Dan Fouts learned everything he could from the great veteran.